
# Project Title

Possibilities of using digital technologies in agriculture in areas with high agrarian fragmentation


## Aim of the project 

The main objective of the scientific activity was to identify the possibilities of using digital solutions enabling knowledge sharing in  farms from areas with high agrarian fragmentation. The specific objectives included: 1. Determining the technological, social and economic limitations of using digital solutions in farms operating in areas with high agrarian fragmentation; 2. Verifying how the usefulness of individual digital solutions enabling knowledge sharing is assessed in farms operating in such conditions; 3. Identifying differences in the potential of implementing individual digital solutions depending on the size of the farm and the type of activity conducted in the study area; 4. Identifying the potential of digital technologies in improving knowledge transfer in agriculture in the study area; 5. Identifying the degree of willingness to share knowledge with other agricultural producers.
## Methods
As part of the scientific activity "Possibilities and limitations of using digital solutions in farms from areas with high agrarian fragmentation", 389 farms operating in the voivodeships with the most significant agrarian fragmentation in Poland - Małopolskie and Podkarpackie - were examined. In the area of these two voivodeships, according to data from the Central Statistical Office (2020), there are 240,354 farms, which constitutes 18% of all farms in Poland. The study was conducted using a survey questionnaire. The number of questionnaires from the voivodeships was obtained in proportion to the number of farms operating in their area (53% of questionnaires from the Małopolskie voivodeship, 47% from the Podkarpackie voivodeship). A stratified random sampling was used. First, six counties were drawn from each of the provinces (12 counties from 40 located within the borders of the surveyed provinces – cities with county rights were excluded from the study). Then a survey was conducted among the owners of randomly selected farms. The study was conducted in direct contact, using the PAPI method and was completely anonymous. 
## Project financig 
The research was financed by the National Science Center in Poland, as part of the MINIATURA7 research project (DEC-2023/07/X/HS4/01181). 